Originally published in 1918, Rivalry is regarded as the masterpiece of Nagai Kafu, a Japanese novelist known for his brilliant renderings of Tokyo in the early years of modern Japan. Stephen Snyder offers the first English translation of the complete, uncensored text, which has long been celebrate[...]
Based on his sojourn from Japan to Washington State, Michigan, and New York City in the early years of the twentieth century, these stories -- at last available in English -- represent a classic account of turn-of-the-century America by one of the greatest Japanese writers of the modern era.[...]
Originally published in 1918, Rivalry is regarded as the masterpiece of Nagai Kafu, a Japanese novelist known for his brilliant renderings of Tokyo in the early years of modern Japan. Stephen Snyder offers the first English translation of the complete, uncensored text, which has long been celebrate[...]